Overview:
Lesson plans are at the center of the creative teaching process that enables an effective teacher to synthesize knowledge of the learners, the curriculum, and the context of teaching. Lesson plans produce more unified classes and helps teachers think about their objectives, the sequence of activities, the materials to be used, and relationships between the current lesson and past or future lessons. Lesson plans help teachers make connections more explicit and meaningful to students.
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
- Identify, describe, and design a lesson plan for music,
- Write observable behavioral objectives,
- Identify age-appropriate psychomotor, cognitive, and affective skills for younger students,
- Identify high-quality teaching materials,
- Design music learning procedures through inductive and deductive methods,
- Organize instructional procedures in sequential order,
- Describe age-appropriate assessments, and
- Identify ways in which technology can be used to evaluate student learning.
Can Technology be Useful in Assessment and Evaluation?
Technology is an important informal and formal assessment tool in music instruction, especially because of the high student-to-teacher ratios in the elementary music classroom. Audio and/or video recordings can review work in the class, or even review teacher presentation. A distinct advantage of a recording is that it can be reviewed outside of class time. Uninterrupted and unlimited time for review aids the teacher in identifying strengths and weaknesses of individual students, of lessons, or of teacher preparation. In addition, there are numerous computer-based instructional programs to teach and evaluate knowledge of music fundamentals, music skills, and ear training. Software programs are also helpful to assess student readiness and chart student progress. Students’ access to technology such as MIDI keyboards and sequencing software enables production and assessment of individual and cooperative creative activities.
